The protesters chanted while they marched through the event. At one point they linked arms and then got down on their knees near Buckingham Fountain with their hands up in the air.

Protesters planned this in response to the police involved shootings this week that killed Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota.

The events of this week hit a nerve for some Chicago residents as the city's police department remains the target of a Department of Justice investigation. Some of the organizers of the recent protests are the same young people who led demonstrations last year over the shooting death of Laquan McDonald in Chicago.

As expected there was a significant police presence. Police say so far they have no reports of any major problems or arrests.